This comedic acrobat act is eleven minutes long.
Corelli is the straight acrobat. Gillette is an excellent monologist who is also an acrobat. The talk becomes a larger part of the act than the actual acrobatics, but it is full of laughs.
This sketch entitled “Justice” was seventeen minutes long.
“Justice” stars Julius Steger as a prisoner who has served nineteen years of a life sentence for murder. The evidence is revealed to have been circumstantial and the prisoner is pardoned for good behaviour. He initially turns down the pardon until he is convinced to leave by his mother.
The act was eleven minutes long on the full stage.
The Elles list their dances as “Imitation Skating on Ice”, “Brazilian Dance”, “Acrobatic Dance”, and “Pantomimic Dance”. They open with the imitation skating number, which is the best of the four. The rest are mere dances.
This musical was sixteen minutes long.
Dorothy Russell, daughter of the famous performer Lillian Russell, presents a musical in which she sings and acts. She does a “Baby” number on the piano and is carried off by members of her company at the end. She is also accompanied by a rather good young violinist named “Linvio” who plays a shadow. He constantly enters and exits the stage; at one point he appears in the orchestra pit in funny makeup. The finale is a street car bit in which Dorothy Russell sits alone and sings. She wears two expensive-looking gowns throughout.
This Japanese wrestling act was part of the Barnum and Bailey’s show and was thirteen minutes long on the full stage.
The Royal Mikado have been brought over from Europe for the show. The performers do some fast Japanese wrestling and Jiu Jitsu. The act opens with two slim girls who do jiu jitsu with the male wrestlers. There is then a male-only wrestling tournament, in which the winner of each match faces the next person. The closing is a fight between the entire troupe, two at a time.
This sketch entitled “Before the Rehearsal” was nineteen minutes long on the full stage.
The sketch opens on a bare stage. Walter Daniels, playing an Eastern variety performer, then comes down the aisle and jumps over the footlights and onto the stage. He proceeds to “rehearse” with the orchestra and engages in some cross-fire talk with the spotlight man. It is similar to Victor Moore’s “Change Your Act”.
The act was twelve minutes long on the full stage.
Two thirds of the trio are dressed as frogs and one is dressed as a crocodile.
This sketch entitled “At the Flower Stand” was seventeen minutes long.
Dorothy Brenner and Joseph Ratliff sing, dance, and do some comedy. Ratliff is the straight.
This Rathskeller act was fourteen minutes long.
Three boys open with a song during which one plays the piano and the other two sit on top of it. One of the boys does a piano solo, then a bass solo. They then perform a “cissy” number followed by two other songs.
The Fadette Orchestra performs classical and popular numbers.
